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Rice prompts changes to 'Thursday Night Football'

The Associated Press
Published 7:03 p.m. CT Sept. 11, 2014

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FILE - in this March 26, 2014, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during a news conference in Orlando, Fla. Goodell says the league asked for, but was not given, a just-released video showing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee on an elevator. Goodell says during an interview with CBS aired Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014: "We assumed that there was a video. We asked for video. But we were never granted that opportunity."
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LOS ANGELES — The chairman of CBS Sports says the network is revising its "Thursday Night Football" broadcast because of controversy that arose connected with the Ray Rice video.

Sean McManus said the changes include eliminating a segment with the Rihanna song, "Run This Town." Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens this week after a video showing him knocking his future wife unconscious was aired on TMZ and elsewhere.

The network wanted to give the game coverage a more "subdued" tone and journalistic approach, McManus said.

Rihanna's own history of violence involving Chris Brown was one of several factors involved in cutting the song element but not the overriding factor, McManus said.

CBS begins its prime-time Thursday broadcasts with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Baltimore Ravens.

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